Opinion
No. 4D11–1656.
2012-09-5
George Riley MERCER, Jr., Appellant, v. Catherine Stamatacos MERCER, Appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Amy L. Smith, Judge; L.T. Case No. 502010DR007748XXXXNB. James R. Quick and Jaime A. Quick of Quick Law Firm, P.A., Jupiter, and Gary A. Woodfield and Susan B. Yoffee of Haile, Shaw & Pfaffenberger, North Palm Beach, for appellant. Matthew S. Nugent and Adam M. Zborowski of Nugent Zborowski & Bruce, North Palm Beach, for appellee.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Amy L. Smith, Judge; L.T. Case No. 502010DR007748XXXXNB.
James R. Quick and Jaime A. Quick of Quick Law Firm, P.A., Jupiter, and Gary A. Woodfield and Susan B. Yoffee of Haile, Shaw & Pfaffenberger, North Palm Beach, for appellant. Matthew S. Nugent and Adam M. Zborowski of Nugent Zborowski & Bruce, North Palm Beach, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Ries v. Ries, 984 So.2d 612, 613 (Fla. 4th DCA 2008). As to appellant's claim that the court adopted the wife's final judgment without providing him with service of the proposed final judgment, appellant's pleadings were stricken for failure to provide discovery, and he was sanctioned and excluded from the courtroom for obstructive behavior. We conclude that Florida Family Law Rule of Procedure 12.080(c) applies. That rule provides that “[n]o service need be made on parties against whom a default has been entered....”